Burke archaeologist challenges Smithsonian over Kennewick Man
A Burke Museum archaeologist is raising the alarm over the Smithsonian’s science. Their mistake? No peer review.
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The discovery of Kennewick Man, the name given to the 9,200 year-old skeleton unearthed in southern Washington nearly a decade ago, has unearthed plenty of questions among anthropologists and tribal members about what Kennewick Man’s life might have been like. To Burke Museum anthropological archaeologist Peter Lape though, the biggest question at hand is whether peer review, a time-honored scientific practice, is being ignored by leading forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley, whose team has been the only one allowed to study Kennewick Man’s bones since they were discovered in the mid-90s.
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